Recipe: Gluten and Dairy-free Pumpkin Pie
Gluten and Dairy-free Pumpkin Pie
Serves: 8
Ingredients:
- 1 15 oz. can organic pumpkin
- 1 14 oz. can coconut milk
- 3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp. ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp. ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp. sea salt
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- 1/2 cup agave nectar
- 1 9" deep pie shell (see gluten-free pie crust recipe below)
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the pumpkin and spices together.
- Add the remaining ingredients and mix slowly until thoroughly combined.
- Pour into pie shell and bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes, then reduce temperature to 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes or until the center has cooked through (use a toothpick and poke the center to see if it comes up clean).
- Thoroughly cool pie before serving.
Gluten-free Piecrust
adapted from Gluten-free, Sugar-free Cooking by Susan O'Brien
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups brown rice flour
- 1/2 cup potato starch flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
- 1/4 cup arrowroot
- 3/4 cup shortening, organic vegetable (non-hydrogenated)
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- In a large bowl, sift together the flour, potato starch, salt, and arrowroot. Add the xanthan gum. Stir to mix. Cut the shortening with a pastry cutter until the mixture resembles small peas. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, combine the egg, water and vinegar, and add to the flour mixture. Mix until well blended and the mixture comes together in a large ball.
- Place a piece of waxed paper on a flat surface and cut the large ball into two smaller ones. Place one ball on the waxed paper of the same size. Carefully roll out the dough.
- Carefully flip the pie dough from the waxed paper into the dish. Fill with the cranberry and apple and repeat step 3 to put a top crust onto the pie. Cut slits in the top crust to allow the fruit to steam.
- Place pie in oven making sure that the crust does not brown too much. If the crust begins to brown too much, place a piece of aluminum foil over the crust for the remainder of the baking time.
